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Subject: Should i buy a Macbook Pro?

I'm stuck with a dilemma. I want to start do youtube as a hobby but i don't think that my computer can handle rendering videos and uploading them to youtube. I am wondering how the Macbook Pro fairs when doing tasks such as
-HD PVR recording (Will be purchasing soon)(Currently rending SD content is REALLY slow on my computer)
-Video Editing
-Video Rendering
-Video Uploading

Just asking the members of the flood if they have a Macbook Pro and know if i can complete tasks like those with ease.

Edit: I like Mac OS and use both windows and Mac, but i prefer Mac os and Linux, and Linux doesn't have many good video editing software.

[Edited on 12.23.2012 4:13 PM PST]

  • 12.23.2012 4:11 PM PDT
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I do not want to stop asking. I do not ask to stop wanting.

No.

  • 12.23.2012 4:11 PM PDT

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Posted by: Haloroach
No.


And i'll say it again - no.

  • 12.23.2012 4:12 PM PDT

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Or you could get a good Windows laptop that does the same thing 5 times better.

  • 12.23.2012 4:12 PM PDT
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I'm not jumping on the hate train; The macbook is a quality computer.
But, I have to say, you can do A LOT better for cheaper.
Just my two cents OP.

  • 12.23.2012 4:12 PM PDT

iPhone 4S 64GB Black.

Haha, The Flood are comprised of downright Apple haters who would sacrifice their lives to kill Apple Inc. You're not going to get any positive responses from here.

  • 12.23.2012 4:12 PM PDT

Why don't we just share the hill?


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Posted by: Haloroach
No.


And i'll say it again - no.


How about a third time? No.

  • 12.23.2012 4:14 PM PDT

"There's this theory that if there were an infinite number of monkeys pecking away at typewriters, they would eventually write the great works of Shakespeare, but thanks to the internet we now know that's not true." -Adam Savage

"Time is not made out of lines. It is made out of circles. That is why clocks are round." -Caboose

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Posted by: TomoK12
Haha, The Flood are comprised of downright Apple haters who would sacrifice their lives to kill Apple Inc.

That's an obvious exaggeration but..... yeah. Me no like Apple.

  • 12.23.2012 4:14 PM PDT


Posted by: TomoK12
Haha, The Flood are comprised of downright Apple haters who would sacrifice their lives to kill Apple Inc. You're not going to get any positive responses from here.

This.
If you want to live OP, you'll go somewhere else.

  • 12.23.2012 4:14 PM PDT

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Get this instead.

It would do all of those things way better than some crappy MacBook.

  • 12.23.2012 4:15 PM PDT


Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Get this instead.

It would do all of those things way better than some crappy MacBook.

-Macbook has sleek keyboard
-Sam price for barely better specs
-not buying for gaming, don't need MSI

  • 12.23.2012 4:17 PM PDT
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Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Get this instead.

It would do all of those things way better than some crappy MacBook.

That looks like a piece of crap with cheap, ugly plastic.

  • 12.23.2012 4:19 PM PDT
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Posted by: l Latsu15 l

Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Get this instead.

It would do all of those things way better than some crappy MacBook.

-Macbook has sleek keyboard
-Sam price for barely better specs
-not buying for gaming, don't need MSI


Have fun upgrading then

  • 12.23.2012 4:20 PM PDT
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For those needs, sure. It'll do great! Especially with that awesome display. You might be able to get a cheaper Windows laptop, but Macbook Pro's are built for what you're trying to do.

If you can afford it, I'm 98% sure you will not regret the purchase. :)

  • 12.23.2012 4:20 PM PDT

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Posted by: l Latsu15 l
-Sam price for barely better specs
You trolling?

The graphics card is for video editing, it has more RAM at a higher speed, it has an SSD, a much better processor... In fact, there's no way that you can't be trolling unless you didn't read the page correctly.

And you can get a cheaper MSI / ASUS / Lenovo / Acer. That was just an example.

Posted by: Colourised
Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Get this instead.

It would do all of those things way better than some crappy MacBook.

That looks like a piece of crap with cheap, ugly plastic.
How much do you know about computers exactly?

It looks fine to me.

[Edited on 12.23.2012 4:22 PM PST]

  • 12.23.2012 4:20 PM PDT


Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Posted by: l Latsu15 l
-Sam price for barely better specs
You trolling?

The graphics card is for video editing, it has more RAM at a higher speed, it has an SSD, a much better processor... In fact, there's no way that you can't be trolling unless you didn't read the page correctly.

And you can get a cheaper MSI / ASUS / Lenovo / Acer. That was just an example.

Posted by: Colourised
Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Get this instead.

It would do all of those things way better than some crappy MacBook.

That looks like a piece of crap with cheap, ugly plastic.
How much do you know about computers exactly?

It looks fine to me.


Read it wrong. I know that the base level of the 15' macbook is only worth a net of $1,300 but i'm buying a mac due to the OS, not the hardware.

EDIT: Also, it being windows 8 devalues everything on the computer by $400. I'd have buy windows 7 and find al the downgrade drivers which would take too much time to do.

[Edited on 12.23.2012 4:25 PM PST]

  • 12.23.2012 4:23 PM PDT

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I think that you could get a much cheaper computer and any software that you need for much cheaper

  • 12.23.2012 4:24 PM PDT

william


Posted by: Haloroach
No.

  • 12.23.2012 4:25 PM PDT

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Posted by: l Latsu15 l
Read it wrong. I know that the base level of the 15' macbook is only worth a net of $1,300 but i'm buying a mac due to the OS, not the hardware.
What exactly do you want the OS for? There are Windows equivalents that actually have workstation cards.

  • 12.23.2012 4:26 PM PDT

Who the hell do you think I am?


Posted by: l Latsu15 l

Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Get this instead.

It would do all of those things way better than some crappy MacBook.

-Macbook has sleek keyboard
-Sam price for barely better specs
-not buying for gaming, don't need MSI
That MSI laptop actually has a backlit keyboard, and IMO looks much better than a macbook keyboard.

The specs are so much better than the Macbook Pro for the same price, you can tell even if you don't know much about the technical details.

And for video rendering this would be a lot better to have.

  • 12.23.2012 4:27 PM PDT

"There's this theory that if there were an infinite number of monkeys pecking away at typewriters, they would eventually write the great works of Shakespeare, but thanks to the internet we now know that's not true." -Adam Savage

"Time is not made out of lines. It is made out of circles. That is why clocks are round." -Caboose

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Posted by: l Latsu15 l

Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Posted by: l Latsu15 l
-Sam price for barely better specs
You trolling?

The graphics card is for video editing, it has more RAM at a higher speed, it has an SSD, a much better processor... In fact, there's no way that you can't be trolling unless you didn't read the page correctly.

And you can get a cheaper MSI / ASUS / Lenovo / Acer. That was just an example.

Posted by: Colourised
Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Get this instead.

It would do all of those things way better than some crappy MacBook.

That looks like a piece of crap with cheap, ugly plastic.
How much do you know about computers exactly?

It looks fine to me.


Read it wrong. I know that the base level of the 15' macbook is only worth a net of $1,300 but i'm buying a mac due to the OS, not the hardware.

EDIT: Also, it being windows 8 devalues everything on the computer by $400. I'd have buy windows 7 and find al the downgrade drivers which would take too much time to do.

If you're buying it for the OS, I guess there's really nothing I can say to get you to change your mind. Although I can't imagine why someone would care about the OS more than the hardware, opinions are opinions man. And plus, if you don't like the Windows 8, you can just get a different laptop that looks equally sharp with Windows 7.

  • 12.23.2012 4:28 PM PDT

william


Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Posted by: l Latsu15 l
-Sam price for barely better specs
You trolling?

The graphics card is for video editing, it has more RAM at a higher speed, it has an SSD, a much better processor... In fact, there's no way that you can't be trolling unless you didn't read the page correctly.

And you can get a cheaper MSI / ASUS / Lenovo / Acer. That was just an example.

Posted by: Colourised
Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Get this instead.

It would do all of those things way better than some crappy MacBook.

That looks like a piece of crap with cheap, ugly plastic.
How much do you know about computers exactly?

It looks fine to me.


I thought you supposed to post -blam!- on the flood

  • 12.23.2012 4:28 PM PDT


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Posted by: l Latsu15 l

Posted by: PMC Fluffy
Get this instead.

It would do all of those things way better than some crappy MacBook.


-Macbook has sleek keyboard
-Sam price for barely better specs
-not buying for gaming, don't need MSI
That MSI laptop actually has a backlit keyboard, and IMO looks much better than a macbook keyboard.

The specs are so much better than the Macbook Pro for the same price, you can tell even if you don't know much about the technical details.

And for video rendering this would be a lot better to have.


This is what i would buy if i didn't buy Mac

  • 12.23.2012 4:29 PM PDT

No, buy an iPad 2 instead.

  • 12.23.2012 4:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: AgentCOP1
Or you could get a good Windows laptop that does the same thing 5 times better.


For half, if not a quarter of the price.

  • 12.23.2012 4:31 PM PDT